I've spent 8 years struggling with Sonar. EIGHT YEARS.

Yea, I know- Sonar's got a lot of strengths. I've learned how to work with sound in Sonar, I've learned how to process signals, bla bla bla.

But now I'm tired of all the crap.

Some basic things in Sonar are waaaaay too difficult: automation of synths, getting parts to line up (WHY, when I pasted to measure 13:00:00, does a part start at 13:00:132, or some other arbitrary place?!), etc. But all DAWs have their flaws.

My biggest issue is performance. I'm tired of working for hours on a synth patch, only to start Sonar and have the patch- which hasn't changed- not work. To have a sub-bass part suddenly sound like static at 2 Hz. And to not be able to fix it. I'm tired of having corrupt project files that "aren't compatible with this version of Sonar." EVERY TIME I OPEN SONAR I HAVE TO FIX *SOMETHING*, and I'm tired of it!!!!

I'm switching to a DAW that can offer reliability. 

Peace, Sonar.

Thanks for sharing.

I don't suppose you've ever posted any questions on the forum?

Actually, I've posted here nearly 400 times since 2004. 

Regardless, I spoke out of anger last night, and I am truly sorry to any DAWs who had their feelings hurt. 

I could never leave Sonar. Sure, we have our ups and downs- what DAW-user relationship doesn't? But in the end, Sonar is always here on my computer, waiting for me to cool down and try again.

I'd probably be upset, too, if I had the kind of problems you do. 

I've experienced the same sentiments at times. Problem is that every other DAW has a comparable number of flaws and missing features. To switch means exchanging a set of bugs, quirks and omissions that I know about for a set of bugs, quirks and omissions that I'd then have to discover. Might as well stick with the devil I know.

X2 (DAW 2.1) will fix everything.

Have you tried Studio One V2?

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Actually, I've posted here nearly 400 times since 2004. 

Regardless, I spoke out of anger last night, and I am truly sorry to any DAWs who had their feelings hurt. 

I could never leave Sonar. Sure, we have our ups and downs- what DAW-user relationship doesn't? But in the end, Sonar is always here on my computer, waiting for me to cool down and try again.

I got rather angry at my Marshall head one night at a gig when the fuse blew, and of course who carries around spares (besides me, now). My fuse blew. Looking back I realised it happened once out of hundreds of uses. Of course it happened at a rather inopportune moment...Sonar sometimes treats me the same.

                

                Sonar sometimes treats me the same. 
                

I've never had the fuse in SONAR blow. I'm glad for that because I haven't got a clue where to find it. Its not mentioned anywhere in the literature.

mudgel

I've never had the fuse in SONAR blow. I'm glad for that because I haven't got a clue where to find it. Its not mentioned anywhere in the literature.
 

They long ago replaced fuses with modeling software, aound version 4 I believe. Sonar still sounds good but it just doesn't quite "feel" the same. Maybe it's not convoluted enough?

 

I got rather angry at my Marshall head one night at a gig when the fuse blew, and of course who carries around spares (besides me, now). My fuse blew. Looking back I realised it happened once out of hundreds of uses. Of course it happened at a rather inopportune moment...Sonar sometimes treats me the same.

Gigging musicians have to be prepared for those sort of things...(you know that now ) like carrying extra strings, batteries, spare cables, extra microphones, drumsticks, etc.  Murphy's Law is always in effect, i.e., if something can break, it will.